SPECIALIZING IN USDA COMMODITIES: Epylon acquires co-op agent

PUB. DATE

October 2000

SOURCE

FoodService Director;10/15/2000, Vol. 13 Issue 10, p22

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports that Epylon Corp. has acquired a business that assists schools in acquiring, processing and distributing food commodities from the United States Department of Agriculture. Information on Epylon Supplier Network; Details on the commodity management being handled by DJ Concepts; Epylon's plan for the commodity aggregation and purchasing off-line system of DJ.

ACCESSION #

3817643

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